Browsing page 2 of words meaning to see, look, stare, watch, etc. (36 words total)
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eye-fuck 
verb - transitive
- to look coyly and invitingly at.
Citation from "Not on Your Wife Opening Night", Party Down, Season 2 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Dec 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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feast (one's) eyes
verb
- to look at.
Citation from "The Great Recession", It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 5 Episode 3 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Not on Your Wife Opening Night", Party Down, Season 2 Episode 6 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to look, see.
Last edited on Dec 26 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 05 2010.
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field grounders
verb
- to search the ground for already-smoked yet salvageable cigarette butts. Note: usually performed by homeless.
Hey, isn't that your dad fielding grounders?
- See more words with the same meaning: cigarettes (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to search.
Last edited on Sep 24 1997. Submitted by Thomas Ryan from Los Angeles, CA, USA on Sep 24 1997.
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gawk
verb
- to stare.
Quit gawking at me.
What are you gawking at?
- See more words with the same meaning: to stare, watch.
Last edited on Apr 30 2013. Submitted by Lorraine from Toronto, ON, Canada on Mar 16 2002.
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get a load of
verb - intransitive
- to look at.
Get a load of that!
Get a load of me.
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Last edited on Apr 09 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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get to the bottom of
verb
- to figure out something unknown.
Citation from "Food allergies get curiouser and curiouser, NewScientist, Andrew Watson, 29 July 2009 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to search.
Last edited on Oct 07 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 29 2009.
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Goggle
verb - transitive
- misspelling of Google.
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- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: to search.
Last edited on Nov 14 2010. Submitted by Vicci from Seattle, WA, USA on Oct 29 2009.
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verb - transitive
- to do an internet search on someone or something. From the name of the Google search engine. Note that this term has become generic: any search engine might be used to "Google" something.
I googled him last night.
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
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Last edited on Apr 16 2013. Submitted by Susan from Oxford, PA, USA on Oct 28 2002.
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Google stalk
verb - transitive
- to use a search engine to get information about a current or past love interest.
Are you still Google stalking your ex-wife?
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
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Last edited on Mar 05 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.
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grep
verb - ambitransitive
- in a non-computing context, to search.
Could you grep the menu for something vegan while I go to the bathroom?
This definition is questionable and is pending deletion. It will be saved from deletion if legitimate citations are found.- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
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Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
- in a computing context, to search "manually" - i.e. by looking rather than using a computer program specifically intended for searching.
I like GUIs because I can grep them visually for what I'm looking for.
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Last edited on Nov 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 10 2011.
origin
- From the name of a Unix utility used to scan files in search of particular content. ("Grep" itself means "global regular expression print".)
Last edited on May 01 2013. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.
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